diff --git a/docs/_plugins/highlight_alt.rb b/docs/_plugins/highlight_alt.rb
index ed6be57f54..bdcada2517 100644
--- a/docs/_plugins/highlight_alt.rb
+++ b/docs/_plugins/highlight_alt.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module Jekyll
               @options[key.to_sym] = value || true
             end
           end
-          @options[:linenos] = "inline" if @options.key?(:linenos) and @options[:linenos] == true
+          @options[:linenos] = false
         else
           raise SyntaxError.new <<-eos
 Syntax Error in tag 'example' while parsing the following markup: